Why Grandmama Was Recast In Addams Family Values

Although Grandmama was featured in 1991’s The Addams Family, the iconic member of the titular brood was recast for the 1993 sequel, Addams Family Values. The first film sees Judith Malina playing the role of Grandmama Addams, an elder witch who is often well-intentioned but foolish. The grandmother of Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman), Grandmama is best remembered in The Addams Family for leading a seance to help patriarch Gomez Addams (Raúl Juliá) contact his long-lost, and potentially dead, brother Fester (Christopher Lloyd).